FORMER Manchester United player Eric Cantona has revealed he was cheering on England in Euro 2004 and has branded the French as "arrogant".

FORMER Manchester United player Eric Cantona has revealed he was cheering on England in Euro 2004 and has branded the French as "arrogant".

Cantona said: "I am French but I was supporting England. It's my country, I don't want to know about France -I was born there but I feel English."

The former French international said he was upset at England's elimination from the Euro 2004 quarter-finals by Portugal and then blasted the negative attitude of the French, saying: "In England when a player is good like Wayne Rooney, they say he is good, they give him an incentive, they support him - the team-mates as well as the fans - whereas the French have only negative things to say about everything and everyone.